Thursday 3 November 2011

Mr. Smith holds forth on bloggers


Granny Herald reports on the attitude of NSW Attorney-General Greg Smith to all us crims and ratbags hanging out here on the internetz:
“Mr Smith said bloggers weren't subject to the same sanctions and responsibilities as journalists, who could be sacked for publishing "something that is inappropriate".
Bloggers, or those "who just want to have an opinion" didn't deserve the same protections, he said.
"I'm not going to cover bloggers who may represent terrorist organisations, or criminal organisation, or just be ratbags," Mr Smith said.
"It's not right that a fair publication of the news should be inhibited by fears of being sent to jail.
"But people that don't have that responsibility, who just want to have an opinion out there, to attract 200 or 300, or even two or three others, who'd like to read their blogs, I don't see why they're entitled to that sort of protection."

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